Frequently Asked Questions

You can book directly online using any “Book consultation” button on this site, call us on 0208 088 3088, or email office@kingscourtlaw.com. The initial consultation is a paid, fixed-fee appointment with a named immigration lawyer — you leave it knowing where you stand, your strongest route and your fixed fee, confirmed in writing.

We work on fixed fees, agreed in writing before any work starts — no hourly-rate surprises. Your exact fee depends on the route and the complexity of your circumstances, and is confirmed at your initial consultation. Our published starting fees are on the Fees page; Home Office fees and VAT are additional.

Yes. Kings Court Law is regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA), registration number F202200043. This means our advice is independently supervised against professional standards, and you have formal protections, including our complaints procedure.

The Home Office aims to process sponsor licence applications in around eight weeks, and a paid priority service can shorten this substantially when it is available. In practice, preparation decides the outcome: licences are refused or delayed on HR systems and evidence, which is exactly what we put right before anything is submitted.

Salary thresholds change regularly, and the figure that applies depends on the role's occupation code, its going rate and any discounts your worker qualifies for — the general threshold is currently in the region of £41,700 a year. We confirm the exact figure for your specific role before you commit to anything.

It can be possible, but the salary rules are not simply pro-rated — the applicable thresholds still have to be met, which rules out many part-time arrangements. We assess whether a specific role and working pattern can be sponsored before you assign a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Suspension means you cannot sponsor new workers while the Home Office investigates — and your response to their letter, within the deadline, usually decides whether the licence survives. Revocation curtails your sponsored workers' visas, typically to 60 days. In either case, take advice the day the letter arrives.

The minimum income requirement is currently £29,000 a year, and it can be met through salary, certain other income, or cash savings — but the rules on which sources count, in what form and over what period are strict. Getting the evidence format right is where most refusals are avoided.

Standard processing is typically around twelve weeks for applications made outside the UK and around eight weeks in-country, with priority services available for an additional Home Office fee. Timescales change, so we confirm the current position when we prepare your application.

Yes — a spouse or partner visa carries unrestricted work rights, so you can be employed or self-employed. You will usually have no recourse to public funds, and your route leads to settlement after the qualifying period.